Totte Posted May 4, 2006 Share Posted May 4, 2006 No relations. What can you expect? I live in Norway. LOL :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hsa613 Posted May 4, 2006 Share Posted May 4, 2006 My gradparents grew up with Phil Rizzuto. Went to the same high school as Rob Dibble. Played American Legion Ball against Scott Burrel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
medric822 Posted May 5, 2006 Share Posted May 5, 2006 My grandfather was a good friend of Rod Sterling's in Highschool, but Sterling wrote the Twilight zone, and didn't play pro ball. Bummer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbsmith Posted May 6, 2006 Share Posted May 6, 2006 Me grandfather played for the House of David team way back when, They were a barnstorming team. Actualy HoD had several teams that roamed around the USA at any given time. This team was also known by the players long hair and beards. Even Stachell Paige pitched for them on occaison. in this photo,,he is the third guy from your right side edge of the photo http://the-light.com/mens/samson/4/hod1.jpg not sure about the date of this photo,,sometime in the late 1920s or early 1930s this shot is from 1931,,in this one he is the second guy from your left http://the-light.com/mens/samson/4/houseof5.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maddux31 Posted May 6, 2006 Share Posted May 6, 2006 My cousins are Todd Worrell and Tim Worrell. It's pretty cool hearing all the stories from the bigs. Some would just totally change your perspective on some players I know that for sure! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nc4182 Posted July 5, 2006 Share Posted July 5, 2006 Ok. My cousin i used to play baseball against John Francos Oldest son and My cousin palyed basketball with him. But the more famous encounter would be my friend eric whos cousin is jason marquis. I met him when they were playing at shea and it was an off day. We spent about 20 min. talking baseball. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evil1182 Posted July 5, 2006 Share Posted July 5, 2006 I had brunch with Bobby Valentine and John Franco back in '02, that's about it for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zaunnieboi Posted July 5, 2006 Share Posted July 5, 2006 During photo day, I talked to Aaron Hill, BJ Ryan, Troy Glaus, and Pete Walker Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim825 Posted July 5, 2006 Share Posted July 5, 2006 My gradparents grew up with Phil Rizzuto. Went to the same high school as Rob Dibble. Played American Legion Ball against Scott Burrel. You went to the same high school as Rob Dibble (Southington, CT)? So did I. I graduated in 1979, a year before Dibble did. Carl Pavano also went to Southington High. I went to the same college as Tim Wakefield (Florida Institute of Technology). I graduated in 1983. Wakefield played at F.I.T. from 1986 - 88 and is the first and only F.I.T. player to make it to the major leagues. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RaptorQuiz Posted July 5, 2006 Share Posted July 5, 2006 My (2nd) cousin was Dan Quisenberry, former submarine-style reliever for the Royals and Cardinals. When I was in little league, we went and had a pitching clinic at Busch Stadium with John Frascatore and ... some other dude I can't remember now. We got to throw in the bullpen, which was cool. Oh, and when I used to work at Target (long ago), Dmitri Young and his girlfriend (at the time) used to come in and have me look through the new shipments of Hot Wheels for ones he didn't have. He was a collector. In return, he left pretty-good tickets to the Cards home games for me at the Will Call Window. Then he was replaced at 1st base by some dude named Mark McGwire. So Young was off to Cincinnati and then Detroit... and then, apparently, prison. lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarlinsMS_35 Posted July 27, 2006 Share Posted July 27, 2006 A guy on my dad's baseball team was supposedly the first draft pick evr by the Cardinals. His name is Cy. I can't find any records of him though. He played in the Cardinals Minor League system, but never made it to the big leagues. He said he was drafted in the '50s, but the first draft was in '65, so I don't know. He's 70 or 80 now, and he's still really good for a man his age. he doesn't play anymore, he's a bench coach, but he knows more about baseball than I'd ever hope to know. I know I bumped the thread :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheProdigy Posted July 27, 2006 Share Posted July 27, 2006 I went to school with Angel Salome, Brewers (A) Catcher and future star, good talent Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigschiff7 Posted July 27, 2006 Share Posted July 27, 2006 Roger Clemens is my dad. My names Koby Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shortstop1124 Posted July 27, 2006 Share Posted July 27, 2006 My cousin played with/against in Kalamazoo Michigan Little League Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marinerschas2 Posted July 27, 2006 Share Posted July 27, 2006 my friends uncles are the Iorg brothers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D-Unit Posted August 3, 2006 Share Posted August 3, 2006 My dad struck out Willie Randolph in high school. He had three hits off him before that though, lol. But hey, my dad struck him out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kblavie Posted August 13, 2006 Share Posted August 13, 2006 I knew this guy whos Grandpa struck out Ralph Kiner in the army, he hit a home run off him the next AB though. My grandfather also got an offer to play baseball but went to war instead. My great uncle or something (I'm Swiss I have a lot family members) went to play with Detroits farm team but got homesick and came back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xplayman Posted August 22, 2006 Share Posted August 22, 2006 My police officer cousin gets me anywhere in Yankee Stadium for free. (Dugout, field, "Yankee Wives Seats", Box Seats, etc.) Last time I went underground, watched the game with the Yank Wives, and then played baseball on the field after the game with my family. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D-Unit Posted August 22, 2006 Share Posted August 22, 2006 That is aweomse. And you're from Queens too? Cool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xplayman Posted August 22, 2006 Share Posted August 22, 2006 My entire family was born Yankees fans. So I guess there was no second thoughts when my cousin took the police job at Yankee Stadium. So even though I live in Queens we're all Yankees fans. Except for my mother, she's always the oddball at everything we do. When I was little she tried to get me to wear a Mets t-shirt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D-Unit Posted August 22, 2006 Share Posted August 22, 2006 Yeah when I was little, my uncle tried to put a Mets shirt on me. I was only four and I told him no, and that "The Mets stink." My cousin's friend is in charge of the food department at the stadium, so I can get free food. But playing on the field is better lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adonis2109 Posted August 23, 2006 Share Posted August 23, 2006 I played little league with Chet Lemon's son Chad. Chet coaches a team called Chet Lemon's Juice in a town called Sanford, which is really close to Orlando, FL where I live. But I never played with his other son Marcus who just got drafted. And I met Ken Griffey Jr. once at Borders Books in Orlando. Other than that, I got nothin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HENNLAYSEGG Posted August 23, 2006 Share Posted August 23, 2006 My step dad pitched in AA for the Cardinals back in the 70s. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stix Posted August 23, 2006 Share Posted August 23, 2006 I had Jeff Francouer as a substitue teacher back when I was in 7th grade. It was right before or after his rookie year in minor league ball. It was only a one time thing though. His mom is a math teacher at Parkview's middle school. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeyMcM93 Posted August 23, 2006 Share Posted August 23, 2006 I know Pat Burrel through my Dad. My Dad did some work thing with his Dad and I met Pat Burrel. It was pretty awesome. I still have a signed card. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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